Nap Lajoie

Positions: Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: September 5, 1874 in Woonsocket, RI us

Died: February 7, 1959 in Daytona Beach, FL

Buried: Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, FL

Debut: August 12, 1896 (Age 21-342d, 1,964th in major league history)

Last Game: August 26, 1916 (Age 41-356d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1937. (Voted by BBWAA on 168/201 ballots)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
View Nap Lajoie's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season

Full Name: Napoleon Lajoie

Nicknames: Larry or Poli

Pronunciation: \Lah-ZHWA or LAJ-way\

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Hall of Fame
Triple Crown
3x Batting Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.9

9590

3243

.338

1504

RBI

1599

380

OBP

.380

SLG

.466

OPS

.847

OPS+

150

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 6)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	4	5	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.2	5	6	0	11	2
7	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
12	12	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
13	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	0	12.0	5	4	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	15	May 2	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
16	16	May 3	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
17	17	May 4	CLE		DET	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	18	May 5	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
19	19	May 6	CLE		SLB	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
20	20	May 7	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
21	21	May 9	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	22	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
24	24	May 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	45	12.0	2	5	0	7	0
25	25	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	27	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
28	28	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
29	29	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	7	0	9	2
30	30	May 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
31	31	May 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	32	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	56	10.1	3	2	0	5	0
33	33	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
34	34	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	35	May 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	36	May 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
39	39	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	CLE		SLB	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 2	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
42	42	Jun 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
43	43	Jun 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
44	59 (15)	Jun 24 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GF	0		3	0	1	4	0
45	61 (1)	Jun 25	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	62	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
47	63	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,16-4	GS	0		2	4	1	7	1
48	64	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	65	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
50	66	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
51	67	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	68	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
53	69	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
54	70	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
55	71	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	2	7	0	9	2
56	72	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
57	73	Jul 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
58	74	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	75	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	T,3-3	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
60	76	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	77	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	78	Jul 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	79	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
64	85 (5)	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	0		1	1	2	4	0
65	86	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	3	2	0	5	1
66	87	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
67	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
68	89	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	90	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	0	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
70	91	Jul 26	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	111 (19)	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
72	112	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
73	113	Aug 14	CLE		DET	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	14	2	1	17	2
74	114	Aug 15	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
75	115	Aug 16	CLE		DET	L,6-13	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
76	116	Aug 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	12	2	0	14	0
77	117	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
78	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	2
79	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
80	120	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
81	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
82	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
83	123	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	15	0	0	15	0
84	124	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	0	14.0	12	1	0	13	0
85	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	8	0	0	8	1
86	126	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	127	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-16	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
88	128	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
89	129	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
90	130	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
91	131	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	61	15.0	17	1	0	18	1
92	132	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	21	5.0	4	0	1	5	1
93	133	Sep 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
94	134	Sep 12	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
95	135	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
96	136	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
97	137	Sep 14	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
98	138	Sep 15	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
99	139	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
100	140	Sep 17	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	3
101	141	Sep 18	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	2	3	2	7	0
102	142	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
103	143	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
104	144	Sep 21	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
105	145	Sep 22	CLE		PHA	L,3-14	CG	49	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
106	146	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	147	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
108	148	Sep 25	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
109	149	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	6	0	12	1
110	150	Sep 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
111	151	Sep 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
							111gm		965.0	487	233	22	742	67